Chapter 3 Manor
John recovered from the attack of the medicine powder, signaled Liang Xi, who was full of pride, and sat down, looking at Liang Xi and said gently: "Child, there is an idiom in Chinese called "Great Wisdom and Ruo Yu Yu". Do you know what it means?"
Liang Xi explained: "A man looks stupid, but is actually very smart. He seems to have done stupid things, but he gets good results."
John nodded with some clarity, sat down, and said, "I told you a truth: the winner is the one who laughs to the end."
Liang Xi vaguely felt bad.
John took the water handed over by Mary with his left hand and patted the back of Mary's hand with his right hand to express his gratitude. John took the water and asked, "Does the medicine have any side effects?"
Liang Xi replied: "Short."
John: “Can’t drive?”
Liang Xi nodded: "Yes."
John: "But I need to go to Reading."
"Oh, Maiga Mary?" Liang Xi looked at Mary and was cheated.
Mary stood behind the sofa and rubbed John's shoulders: "You know, I love this man. For him I can deceive the whole world."
Liang Xi was speechless: "You can just cheat me. Have you never considered hurting my young heart when you show your affection like this?"
John laughed, opened the coffee table drawer, and pushed a business card in front of Liang Xi: "Contact lawyer Cook after arriving in Reading Town."
Liang Xi asked: "Can you not go?"
John smiled: "Liang Xi, I know you like being a detective."
Liang Xi said: "You have a pension, so of course you like to be a detective. Last year, you went to the Mediterranean for a month and I didn't even make a dollar."
John said: "But you read the Detective Agency's book."
Liang Xi: "I can only read. Old man, the past is not as advanced as before. Do you know how advanced the technology is now? All paper burned to ashes can piece together fingerprints. You can know where you have lived for too long from the content of your hair elements. In modern times, detectives can only be an interest, not a profession."
John took out the car keys and two fifty pound notes from the drawer and placed them on the coffee table.
Liang Xi said: "Of course, it is okay to work part-time occasionally." He reached out to take away the money and car keys.
John waved lightly and signaled that Liang Xi could leave.
Mary accompanied Liang Xi out of the living room and said, "The girl I sent you just now is very beautiful."
Liang Xi said: "We are not suitable."
Mary asked, "Why?"
Liang Xi picked up the banknotes in his hand: "Because of poverty."
Mary laughed and gave Liang Xi a back: "Go."
John walked out of the living room and watched Liang Xi drive away with his Beetle, Mary said, "John, you can give him some more money."
John replied: "He has the ability to get rich and the talent of a detective. I worry that he will use the talent of a detective, and I hope he can use the ability to get rich as a detective. He will have enough money, but not now."
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There are more than a thousand hereditary nobles in Britain, but there are very few rich and land-based nobles. However, there are currently a very small number of nobles in Britain who have one-third of the land in the UK. This type of noble is a typical fiefdom hereditary nobles and is a real powerful person.
Liang Xi contacted Cook, whom Liang Xi went to Reading Town to contact, was a lawyer who provided legal services to a very small number of nobles. A male assistant of Cook was responsible for attracting Liang Xi. After the two met outside Reading Town, the assistant was very dissatisfied with Liang Xi and even called Cook directly. Cook reminded the assistant to treat Liang Xi politely.
Given Cook's attitude, the assistant asked the driver to drive in front. He got on the Beetle car driven by Liang Xi and introduced the reason why Cook invited John to Reading Town. The assistant was not dissatisfied with Liang Xi's personal personalities, but was dissatisfied with Liang Xi's jeans and T-shirt combination dressing. Because Liang Xi was going to be a noble manor.
Earl Davis is the largest land owner in the local area, a hereditary nobleman, and a member of the parliament. In short, he was an amazing person. This amazing man died yesterday morning. Lawyer Cook rushed back to London from France and arrived at the Earl's house at 7 o'clock this morning. Lawyer Cook then found that the will that the Earl stored in the safe at home was missing.
Liang Xidao: "The law firm should have a backup will."
The assistant explained: "The Earl summoned lawyer Cook three days ago and drafted a new will. Lawyer Cook rushed to France to deal with a property of the Earl, and had no chance to convince the Earl to back up the will."
The assistant explained the legal issue. The employer had the right not to disclose the will to the lawyer. In this case, there would be no backup will. Because Cook was in a hurry, he did not send the will to the London law firm, but placed the will in the safe behind the Earl's bedroom portrait. The loss of this will made Cook's trouble.
Without a new will, the old will must have been effective. However, when many people know that there is a new will, the old will cannot take effect. When the new will is lost, the property can only be distributed according to the intestate. The negligent party, Cook Law Firm, will also be sued to court and face huge claims.
The only person who can steal the will is the person in the Earl Manor, and the person in the inner courtyard of the Earl Manor, that is, the person who works and lives in the main residence. There are eight suspects, including four children with inheritance rights and four staff members of the main residence. Cook contacted John urgently, hoping that John would help him retrieve the lost will before publishing the will tomorrow night.
Liang Xi persuaded: "When encountering theft, we should call the police instead of looking for detectives."
The assistant looked at Liang Xi in a daze. Do you need to find you if you can call the police? Are you a detective?
Liang Xi was despised and said helplessly: "Let's talk about it." People nowadays have too weak legal awareness.
His words made the unsure assistant even more unsure.
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Earl Davis's manor is very elegant. Not to mention the dozens of manor employees in daily life, nor do they talk about grass like works of art. When it comes to having a special church in the manor, it makes people feel atmospheric and high-end. If you have money, you should be so squandered. The Count's body is temporarily left in the church, and after the memorial service, it is directly buried in the backyard of the church, which is the cemetery passed down from the Earl's family.
The main building of the manor covers a large area. The Earl's main residence is located in the middle of the manor. The building on the left is the residence of the children. As the Earl's main lawyer, Cook prohibited the children of the Earl and other non-main residence staff from entering the grounds of counting the property of the main residence.
At the door of the main residence, Liang Xi met the manor housekeeper, a very traditional and typical British housekeeper. The security guard on one side asked for the car keys and drove Liang Xi's Beetle car to the parking space. When needed, after the security guard called the walkie-talkie, a special person would take the car to Liang Xi.
Chapter completed!